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i 1 1 1 111 I I 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . t t t - iff f,.t,,l, 1 f I t" i t i i j vt i " " r i i r " , J MADISON COUNTY HECC&D, ; ; :i E.tUadJun.23. 1901. FRENCH D3LOAP NEWS. EsUb'bhed May 16. 1907.- i . .... ) " Consolidated, : : Not. 2nd, 1911 , . : ( GSe Medium T . Through which you retch the 4 people of Mfxdison County. 4 O t Advertising Rates on Application -.t...tf ..!. tit 'TTTTTTTTTT . r p V X J U 1 " I Li Li C J r ..' THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN MAD130NCOUNTY. . ,i vol. xiv ' r ;.; "'v.; Marshall, madison county, n. c Friday, march 2 1912. no. i3. ' ' ' . '. - : sslslsssWsMsWsMW , ' ' ,m . 1 1 " - '" . iff. Msdlsea' County. Bstabllshed by tha Legislator) fat ioa IttO-'ll. , , Populktloa.tO.US. County Seat, Marshall 4 1641 hot abova I . Now and modarn Court Houio, eon 131.000.00. . . ' Now ud modern JaII. ooot UM00.00. Now and modern County Homo, coot no.ooo.oo. v '' Officers, n : ' Hon. Jas. I . Hyatt, Benito?;' M District, Burnsvllle, N. C. Hon. J. C. Ramaey. Representative. Marshall, N. Cv v 1 . W. H. , Henderson, Clehk Supertot -Court, Marshall. N. C." " W. M. Bucknor, Shorllf, Marshall N -C. - . James 8mart, Register of Deeda, " Marshall N. C. v . C F. Runnlon, Treasurer, Marshall k c. r. f. d. no. i. - ' ' B. L. Tweed, Burroyor, Whlto Rock. N. C. ; Dr. J. H. Baird, Coroner, Mara Hill c. - . . . - ' t MrsT Eliza Henderson, Jailor, Mar shall. N. C. " , u ' John Honeycutt, Janitor, Marshall. n. c ' Dr. C. N. Sprinkle. County Physician. Marahall, N. C. James Haynle, Supt County Homo, Marahall, N. C. ' Homo located about two mlloa south--west of Marshall. ' .. . Courts. : Criminal and Civil. Flrat Monday bo toro Drat Monday In March,. Com mencing Fob. 26th, 1912. Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon day In March, commence May 20, nit.' - v : . :' Criminal and Civil. Flrat Monday after Flrat Monday In Sept. Com mancee 8ept tth, 112. ' Civil 6th Monday after Flrat Mon day In September. Commenoea Octo bar 14. 1I1L B0ARO8. ,' County CommiMlonera. . W. C. Sprinkle. Chairman, Marahall, N. C C. r.Caasada, Member, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 1. Reubln A. Tweed, : Member, Bit Laurel, N. C. , C B. Maehburn, Atty, Marahall N. C Board meeta firat Monday-in every month. ;: :' 1 . " - Road Commlaelonera. - ' -A. E. Bryan. Chairman, Maranall, N. C, R. F. 1. 2. . I. A. Ramaey, Secretary, Mara HM, N. C. R. F. D. 2. n Sam Cox, Member, Mara Hill. N. C R. F. D. No. 2. O. W. Wild, Big Pine, N. C Dudley Chlpley,, Road Engineer, Marshall, N. C. George M. Prltchard, Atty.. Marahall, n. c. ; ' . Board meeta flrat Monday In Janu ary, April, July and Ootober each year. Board of Education. ' Jasper Ebba, - Chairman. Spring ' Creek. N. a ' ' V"- , Thoa. J. Murray, Member,MarBhall. N. C, R. F. D. No. . : W. R. Same, Marshall, N. C, B- F. D. No. t. ' ' ' Prof. M. C. Buckner, ;. Sopt of - Schoola, Maw Hill, N. C. R. F. D. '--.N I.- . , Board" Meeta flrat Monday In Janu--ry. April, July and Ootober each year. ' . Colleges and High 8choole. ; ' Mara Hill College, Prof. R. L. Moore, President. Mara Hill, N.C. Fall Term beglna August 17, 1911. Spring Term begins January 2, 1912. ' . Spring Crook High School. , Prof. 0. C. Brown, Principal, 8pring Creek N. C I Mo. School opened August 1. 1911. Madlarin Seminary jflith School. Prof J, M. Weatherly, Principal. Mar shall, N. C, R. F. D. No7 Mo Sobool began October 2, 1911. Bell Institute. Miss Margaret E. ' Griffith, Prinolpal, Walnut, N. C I Mo. School began September I, 1911. Marshall Academy. , Prof. R., O. Anders, Principal, "Marshall, "n. C, f Mo. School began Sept 4, 1911. , : Notary PuWIoe. - J. C. Ramaey, Marshall, N. C. Term . aspires Jan. 11. 1912. -. A. J. Roberta. Marshall, N. C. R. F. D, No. 6. Term expires May 30, 1912. - Jaaper Ebba, Spring Creek, N. ' C. Term expiree August 10, 1912. . C. C. Brown, Bluff, N. C. Term ex piree December 6, 1913. ' ' J. A. Leak, Revere. N.' C. Term ex pires January 10, 1913.' . W. T. Davie, Hot Springe, N. C. Term expired January 10, 1913. ,' J. H. Soutbworth, Btacknouse, N. C. Term expiree January 18, 191t. . H. W. Anderson, Paint Fork, N. C. Term expires February 6, 1918. J. H. Hunter, Marshall." N. C. R. F. . D. No. t. Term expires April 1, 191f J. F. Tllson, Marshall, N. C, R. F. D. No. 1 Term expires April 3, 1913. C. 3. Ebba. Marshall, N. C. Term expires April 21, 1913. J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C. Term expire April 25, 1913. . Key L. Gudger, Marahall, N. . Term expiree May 1,1913. " Geo. M. Prltchard, Marshall, N. C. Term expires May 25, 1913. Dudley Chlpley, Marshall. N. C. Term expires July 29, 1913. ' Vf.6. Coniior, Mars Hill. N. C. Term fplroa November 27, 1913. FCST. Ceorgo W. Cahatta Post, T4o, tt O. A. R. ", Davla, Com-, "r. J. ". fallard. Ail L " a ft the C ;--t f f i ! ) t 1 -t:u.r. HIE ARE DEAD UIIDERTHE WALL TWO-8TORY BUILDING OCCUPIED BY PARSONS DRUG COMPANY COLLAPSES. NO WARNING BEFORE CRASH A Number of Customer and Employes Injured One Perhapa FaUlly Workmen Making Excavatlona Un dermlne Walla and Caveln Follow. Wadesboro. Dead Miss Marlon Little, aged 20; Miss Lora Little, aged 22; Vlrgtna May Covington, aged 3 Seriously InJured-Mrs. James M Covington, Br. Slightly Injured F. C. Parsons, Dr. W. L. McKinnon, John Willie Mills. Harry Covington. Thla la the result of a terrible ac cident, the most heartrending In the history of Wadesboro. The brick building occupied by the , Parsons Drug Company collapsed without a moment'a warning and gloom and; sor row is In every home of Wadesboro. The great pile of brick and timber tands on the most prominent corner of the square and men are- standing about talking In whispers. It 1 a terrible calamity, in the entire hla tory of the town, going back more than a century, there has been noth ing to compare with It. ', For many year this building, a two-story structure bullded of brick, haa been a choice buslnesa location. Tha Parson Drug Company, one of the moat progressive Arms, ha oc cupied, the entire building since the organisation of the company some 10 year ago. The flrat floor was given over to the retail department, while the stock for the Jobbing trade was stored in the baaement and on the second floor. The office were also on the second floor. This building wa the property of Dr. W. J. Mc and the contract ha been made recently for a r.eeded Improve ment The front waa to be entirely new with a corner entrance and the floor of the retail department lower ed. The contract we let to W. T. Brailngton and a fore of workmen under the direct aupervlslon of "Doc" Cranford were at work In the cellar making excavation. There was no thought of danger to the building and business went on a usuaL , Ha Affirmed The Lower Court In the case of State va Lonnle Mil Iican, Jim Britt and Nick Joyner, from Lenoir county, under aentence to 30 years each for undertaking to burn the town of LaGrange a year ago the Supreme Court affirms the lower court in the conviction. This action la taken on the exceptions that were taken, but the court declared: "If perlmtted to examine the evidence for the purpose of determining . the guilt or Innocence of the defendants we would have grave doubt aa to the propriety of sustaining the ver dict." Fix Place and Date of Meeting. The ; state Democratic executive committee selected Raleigh a the place and June 6 aa the date for the state convention, Saturday, May 18, for the precinct meetings and prima ries and Saturday, May 26, for the county conventlona to name delegate to the state convention and for other purposes. Thla action was taken af ter a big delegation from the Raleigh chamber of commerce with Willi G. Brlgga and R. N. Simma aa spokes men, had been heard In the Interest of Raleigh as the place. . Two Mora Arrests In Hawkins Case, Little Shaft, and Nora Britt were bound over to superior ' court under $5,000 and $1,000 bonds respectively, by Magistrate Oates charged with be ing aocesory before the fact to the murder of Myrtle '.' Hawkins, whose body wris found here in Lake Osce ola last September. Of the seventeen atate witnesses brought fro Ashe vllle. home of the defendants, only eight were examined. , The defense offered no. evidence. Back From Weatern Carolina. ' r Hon. J. Y. Joyner,-state superinten dent of public Instruction i just back from a Western Carolina trip, firing which he participated In Important educational meeting In Ashevllle and Hendersonvllle. ' At Ashevllle he at tended a conference of prominent cltl sens looking to the levying of a spe cial school tax of 30 and 90 cents' lor the whole county to take the place 3f the district school tax levies .now in force In 29 district. A mass meet ing for the county la called for April 11 to ettle the matter. , .. s - .: '-v...-', '.;", A Homicide Near Louisburg. . A.- homicide , ocurred in Cypress Creek township, this county, result In s in' the death of Ernest Rhodes. Ti e killing was done by W. W. Hlnea !. p'.ot Rhodes with a shot gun aa the latter mas trying to enter his resi dence to t l -i (Rhodes') wife, who was a n of I" a. nines had for bidden I: s to i upon his" prem ises and (lis ' t t ! ' n If he ttempt(:l t-. s f . I 4 is a nan of very f 1 : 1 ' 1 I t"OU !) '''! .1 , ' : r v :- BUILDING OF GOOD ROADS WeeteM North Carolina Paying More Attention to Good Roada Than " Formally! Charlotte "Weatern North Caro lina I paying much more attention to good roads than formerly," aald Pres ident George Stephens, of the Ameri can Trust Company, who has return ed from Kanuga and Aahevllle and other points In that section of the state. Mr. Stephen calls attention to the system which I being used by the builder of a road from Spartan burg and Greenville to Ashevllle, which throws only a small portion of the cost of the road building directly on the people. Each township la grading it own section of the road while the property owners living alongside are furnishing the sand with which the clay is being bound. "These people are especially for tunate in having a very fine quality of sand In the creek beds," said Mr Stephens. "Fine sand doe not lend Itself to the building of roads; and this sand Is mixed with pebbles or gravel, and this, with the clay of the roads makes good highway. "Western North Carolina roada are going to be a great deal better this summer than last. In fact, a great deal of the beautiful country will be much more easily reached thla sum mer by automobile and otherwise than ha been the case heretofore. "The people of that section are paying much attention to good road building and this Is going to assist greatly in the development of the country." Inspected New Company of Guards. Captain Dougherty, U. 8. A., and Colonel Strlngfleld, of the National Guard of North Carolina, were at Asheboro, and Inspected Company K of the National Guard. This 1 a new company and ha not had suitable weather for outside practice, hence their development haa not been as great aa It would have been, though the condition show good material for one of the best companies In the state and the progress haa been aa good aa could be expected under the circumstance. The company was much pleased with both Captain Dougherty and Colonel Strlngfleld who show that they know their busi ness and go about it In a business way, and at the same time show ev ery courtesy in their power, North Carolina New Enterprises. Charters are Issued for the South eastern Poultry Association, incorpor ated, Charlotte, capital 125,000; for breeding and exhibiting poultry by 8. B. 8. Davis, J. E., Thomas, R. L. Simmons and W. B. Alexander. The Interstate Development Company of Ashevllle, capital 210,000, by J. M. Maupin, VA. G. Devenlsh, F. W. Thomas and other, for real estate do velopment. Mis Pearl Creech (Inc.) Goldsboro, capital 210,000 authorized, and 11,600 subscribed by Miss Creech, Mrs. Edgar L. Heart and others, for mercantile business. The Mount Hol ly Development Company, of Mount Holly, Gaston county, capital 16,000, by W. H. Lee, N. A. Cocke, and others. To Puah Grading of Railroad.' A big new steam shovel and other appliances for pushing the grading on the Elkln & Alleghany Railroad has been shipped to Elkln by General Manager Johu A. Mills,, to be put to work just - aa aoon ' as ' the spring weather becomes sufficiently settled to admit of It The road Is already graded as far aa Thurman, 12 miles from Elkln, and the work will be pushed on the Roaring Gap and be yond aa rapidly aa possible. The rolling stock Is at Elkln ready to be put in service aa the first train for this Important line of road just as soon a the weather settles suffi ciently. " , Death of Col. Alfred Waddell. The death of Col. Alfred M. Wad dell, one1 of the state' most , distin guished citizens, ; which , occurred at his, home in Wilmington, has cast a gloom over the entire community. He waa One of the prominent land highly respected citizens in that city and none knew him but to admire and re spect him. ... - Dies From Gun Shot Wound. ..-V .Nat McLean, a negro who was shot by Gus Holmes In a street fight at Fayetteville several days ago died at Highsmlth hospital, where he was carried after the affair. The coroner' carried after ' the affair. , The coro ner' jury sitting on the case, recom mended that, the caae be thoroughly Investigated, , though the testimony tended to show that McLean was the aggressor In, the affray and. that he was in the act of attacking Holme with a brick, when the latter shot him In the face; Holmes ia in Jail. Many Bridges Waahed Away. Chairman Boren-of the Guilford county board of commissioners . said that approximately 45 bridges In Guilford county were washed away as a result of the recent storm and that the damage to this county would be between 115,000 and 120.000. The chairman sent out twelve crews of, re pair men to various sections of the county to temporarily get the bridges in passable condition. The commls s'oners have to this time received re ; (f t':' tyu'i9 bribes bal" f 1911 GOnON CROP 16,053,819 BALES PRELIMINARY CENSUS BUREAU REPORT SHOWS AN UNPRE CEDENTED YIELD. ANOTHER REPORT IN MAY Greatest Crop Heretofore Waa In 1904, When 13,679,954 Balee Were Gathered. Washington. The census bureau's preliminary report on cotton ginning, giving the government's first figures. other than estimates, on the sl.e of the 1911 cotton crop of ,th I'nlted States, show the total crop to have reached the unprecedented size of 16,050,819 running bales, counting round bales as half bales, and includ ing llnters, which fs equivalent' to 16, 205,097 live hundred-pound bales. The crop reporting board of the de partment of agricul'nre in Its estimate of the 1911 cotton erop, Issued Decem ber 11, last, reckoned the total pro duction at 14,885 000 bales of 500 pounds, grosa weight. The country's 1910 production was 12.005,688 bales of 500 pounds. In previous record years the total crop was 13,587,306 bales In 1908, 13 593 493 In 1906, and 13.679,934 bale In 1904. - Included In the figure for 1911 are 239.146 bales which glnners and de leters estima'ed would be turned out Sea Island bales Included In the 1911 total are 119.252, compared with 90.368 halea for 1910, and 94,791 bale for 1909. ' By tate the cotton crop grown In 1911, with that grown In 1910 and the big crop year 1908 and 1906, express ed in equivalent, 500 pound bale, fol lows: -. ; '-.- Alabama , 1911 ... ..... 1.753.484 1910 1.223,285 1908 1,374,340' Arkansas - , 1911 "., 971.311 ' 1010 847874 1908 1,913,402 Florida ."" 1911 84977 1910 V...: 60,049 1908 63,221 Georgia ; ;? ' 7 1911 . 2.838.571 ; 1910 1,820,610 1908 1,980,077 Louisiana 1911 399.523 ,"1910 255.733 1908 486,350 Mississippi 1911 1,248.521 1910 1.306,668 1908 1,704,592 Missouri t 1911 1910 -. 62.159 1908 64,532 North Carolina 1911 1,101,138 1910 726,850 1908 663.167 Oklahoma , 1911 1.O60.138 . 1910 958,955 1908 ...i... ...... 706,815 South Carolina 1911 1,677,204 1910 1,190.929 1908 ..J........ &U95.235 Tennessee . - 1911 ".. 478,429 1910 349,476 . 1908 ' 839,859 Texas :-. ' ' 1911 ............. . 4,437,876 1910 ..i....V..., 3,172,488 1908 . 3.913,084 Virginia ' 1911 ............. 1910 14.815 1908 12,326 All Other States 1911 15-137 1910 ..1. 611 - 1908 M39 8ldna Edward la Captured. Hillsvllle, Va.-Sldna.JEdwards, a tall, rugged mountaineer of 22, at calmly In the darkness of the little brick Jail here, the first catch of the posses who haro been acouring the mountains for those of the Alton gang who got away after the court houae assassination of March 14, when a Judge, prosecutor .sheriff and two by stander were killed and two other were seriously wounded. Jap Expedition Didnt 8e Scott, Wellington. New; Zealand. The Japanese antarctic ; expedition return ed here. They report having aeen nnhin. nf the British nolar epedition of Capt. Robert Scott The Japanese reported all well. . 1 ' D.rannav Haa a Revolution. ' Buenos Ayres.-A fierce battle be tween revolutionaries and the govern ment force in Paraguay has been go ing on foa- aeveral daya and la still raging according to telegrams receiv ed here from Asuncion. Liberty In China for Christiana ' Boston. Confirmation of a cable gram announcing that Christiana are to enjoy liberty and freedom In China under the republic wasVeceed by the American board of commissioners for foreign mission from Rev. Harry 9. Martin, the board'o agent at Pe kin. Mr. Martin wrote the native paa tors of the Protestant churches in Pe kin, planned a union thanksgiving Ber vlre and four native preachers called on President Yuan and invited him to t-9 I"Wr:t. ROBERT L HENRY 2J Robert L. Henry, congressman from Texas, is leading the fight in the house against the so-called money trust 32 HEN KILLED; 50 INJURED SOUTHERN PACIFIC PASSENGER ENGIINE EXPLODES AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. Force of Explosion Terrific, 8an An tonio Being Jarred as by Quake. San Antonio, Texas. At least thirty-two men were killed and more than fifty Injured when the boiler of lo comotive )'o, 704 exploded ' In the shop yards of the Southern Pacific railroad here. The property damage will approximate 1200,000. A committee of railroad official, army officers and citizen made an Investigation, and la .of the opinion that the explosion probably waa due to carelessness of one of the meu killed In allowing an inrush of cold water Into the superheated boiler,' In which the water waa already low. Twelve bodies have not been lden tided, and human fragments picked up within a radius of several blocks probably account for several missing The engine, a big passenger mogul practically new, bad been brought to the shops for Inspection. Those In the vicinity who escaped immediate death declare that the boiler burst without warning, tearing the huge ma chine to bits. Parts of the locomo tive and the wrecked roundhouse and adjoining shop buildings, together with the arms, legs, beads and man gled trunk of the victims, were scat- TAFT FAVORS PRIMARIES But the President Is Opposed to : "Soap Box Affairs." ' Boston, Mas. President Taft end ed his party In Boston's belated cele bration of evacuation day and St Pat rick's day here with an address to the Charitable Irish Society and a "look in" on the dinners of the Bank Officers' association, the Boston trade association and the Yale Club of Boston. . In many ways it was the busiest and most demonstrative day the pre. Ident has spent since he entered the white house. Member of hi party were unanimous In declaring that no reception ever accorded Mr. Taft in hi travel exceeded in cordiality that which Boston gave htm. " During the day the president spoke on many subjects. ' Louisiana Mob Lynches Negro. i Shreveport, La. According to a dis patch to the Time from Mer Rouge, La, Henry Lee, a negro, waa banged to a water tank near Mer Rouge. The dispatch says Lee insulted a white man and gred into a party returning from an entertainment. The negro restated arrest, waa wounded, his wounds were dressed and later, wa taken from prison and hanged. A cor oner' Jury found that Lee came to bis death at the hand of person un known. Will Erect Carmaek Statue. Nashville, Tenn. Announcement wa made by the Carmaek Memorial Association that the contract for the foundation and granite pedestal had been awarded for the statute of Ed ward W. Carmaek, former senator from Tennessee, whose traglo death In 1908 upset the state. The contract la awarded to a Georgia concern. The work is to be completed by September 1. A . heroic bronze statue will aur mount the pedestal, the 'memorial standing immediately In front of the tatehouse. Pitney 1 Sworn In. Washlngton.-Mahlon , Pitney of New Jersey took the - oath of office .nd assumed the duties of associate Justice of the Supreme court of the United States as the successor of the late Justice Harlan. Meeting with' the other justices In the robing room, the New Jersey chancellor took the statutory oath of office, administered by Chief Justice White. Attired In the long- somber robe of office, he then Joined the procession of Judges as they took up their duties of the day. 105 HERS KILLED BY GAS EXPLOSION SANS BOI8 COAL COMPANY'S MINE At McCURTAIN, OK LA, SCENE OF HOLOCAUST. ONLY ELEVEN MEN ESCAPE Mora Than Half of the Mine Victim Are Americans and Leave . Families. McCurtaln, Okla. One hundred and five lives is accepted as an approxi mately correct estimate of the human toll taken when mine No. 2 of the Sans Bots Coal company here was wrecked by an explosion. Of 116 men of the day shift only 11 are known to be alive, while the others are en tombed behind the debris. . In the opinion of government ex perts and mine officials they are dead and a special train which brought physicians and nurses from Port smith. Ark., returned. Five phy sician remained with the faint hope that some of the imprisoned men might be found alive. Among those unaccounted for are a surveying par ty headed by W. D. Roper oi uno, b. C. Forty-three Americana were em ployed in the mine. The exDloslon occurred shortly af ter nine o'clock In the morning. Those on the surface heard a faint rumble and an earth tremor. When thoae nearest to the mouth of the mines mouth reached the opening a cloud of dust and smoke belched forth. Then came tense moments of wait ing for thoae In the mine to emerge. Frank Fields, a miner, wa the firat to itager out He wa walking In an entry and beard the explosion, ne laid. He Jumped Into aide room ana thA exDloslon nassed and be made his way to the mine opening. Nine other miners escaped throueh a "man way." A "rope rider ' who was com ing to the surface when the explosion occurred waa the eleventh man to es cape. SuDerlntendent Brown of the coal company led the first rescue party into the mine, but they could proceeo no further than the sixth level be cause of the -accumulation- of debrla and returned to the surface with the body of John Colvas, a 17-year old youth. Accumulated aa or coal dust was the cause of the explosion, according to experts. NORTH DAKOTA PROGRESSIVE Returns Show That LaFollette Will , Have 15,000 Majority. Grand Fork, N. D. Robert M. La Follette'a majority will not be far from 15,000 when the final preslden: tlal preference primary returns are received and may be heavier. Of the tntni vote I.ftFollette baa polled about 32,000 votes, while Roosevelt has poll ed about. 18,000. The Taft vote In the state haa only been about a.uuu. The trend of the vote throughout the state as Indicated by the incoming return was Interesting. . i It 1 In the western congressional district that the greatest surprise was found. The entire northern part of the Harriot consisting of a group of eight counties, went to LaFolette solidly. giving him a plurality or about s.uou. In the southern part of the district this lead waa Increased. Thomas Marshall, the LaFollette candidate for national committeeman, ha a majority which It la believed will equal that of LaFollette. The La Follette presidential electors have all been elected with majorities ranging about .the same as the head of the ticket . . For Southern Development, Annapoll8,i Md. Two bills were' in troduced in the legislature in connec tion with the Southern Development and Demonstration .Organization, which waa formed here recently to exploit the South. One was a bill of Incorporation and the other provided for an appropriation of 420,000 for the organization,- which will depend upon contributiona of states, railroads and transportation companies, boards of trade and individuals to maintain it Bombs Placed to Murder Knox. New Orleans. A ,the result of the discovery by the government of Nica ragua of a plot to assassinate Secre tary of State Knox on the occasion of hla recent visit to the capital of that country, it Is not Improbable that a number of prominent Liberale will be put to death, .Thirteen dynamite bombs placed beneath the roadbed over which Secretary Knox's special train traveled from Corinto to Mana gua and connected with an electric battery were discovered by govern ment agent - Administration Watching Coal Strike. .Washington. President Taft post itufoflnitelv hla nroDosed confer ence with John Mitchell regarding the coal situation. Thla announcement from the white house was unaccom panied by any stated reason. While official were extremely reticent as to the cause of the postponement of the conference with the labor leader, It waa generally believed the presi dent and secretary feared t' at the sotivlty of the adn ',:,' r ' i at t'.'a t'me r. ' !-t bo r-ren'.--:nre a I r l t CONGRESSMAN CLARK TT ReDrasantatlve Frank Clark of Flori da Is pushing the congressional Inquiry of tha Everglade affair befora tna house committee- on expenditures In the agricultural department BANDITS RA1DM. & 0. TRAL'i FOUR MEN HELD UP MOBILE AND OHIO TRAIN NEAR CORINTH, MISS, AND LOOT SAFE. , Two Robbers Forced Engineer to Halt the Train While Two Others Dynamite Safe. -. Corinth, Mlse. Mobile and Ohio passenger train No. 4,- northbound, was held up and the express sate dynamited and .robbed, seven miles south of Corinth by four men, heavily armed and masked. After accomplishing the robbery, the quartet took to the dense under brush of the Tuscumbla river bot toms. J; ;) While definite Information is not available, lt la reported the sate con tained considerable money and valu ables. . One report has It that 160, 000 In currency was among iu con- Where the robbers boarded the train Is not known. Engineer Wilder and Fireman Kulman first ' learned of their presence when two of the men crawled over the engine tenaer wieh revolvers drawn and command- , ed that the train be brought to a halt at a point designated. The command was obeyed. -In the meantime the other members of the band had gained entrance to the express car, and after subduing Finmu Messenger Snoddv. 'set the explosive which was touched off when the train came to a atop. The con tents of the aafe wa oulckly gather ed and at the algnal of the man who seemed to be in charge of operations the four took to the w&ods without attempting to ride the mail -or molest the passengers. , . . , ' . INCOME TAX BILL PASSED The Democratic Excise Measure Pass- - es House by 250 to 40. Wa8hlBeton.--Tbe .Democratic ex cise bill to virtually tax everybody's income When It ' 15,000 or mors a year passed the house, 250 to. 40. .The Democrats .voted solidly for It, and. carried eighty Republican votes with them. 'v Forty regular Republicans were the opposition, t. -I'M- v i. s The bill now -goes to the senate, where Its fate ia a guess. Many sen ators declared that If upon analysis they found the house measure would , tax all classes of people alike they would support it Democratic sena tors with a few exceptions are ex pected to vote lor Jt, Democratic Leader Martin expressed the .. hope tba tthe Democratic senators and the Progressive Republicans might put the hin through. Renubllcan leaders are deDendlns: unon the president's veto to check revenue revision bills from : the house. ,. ' ' ? ' ' ' The excise bill, though prlmarly In tended to produce anywhere . from 120,000,000 to 160,000,000 a year to make up for the losaea on, free augar, a nlan amected to be one of the off sets to general pension- legislation Scientific Baals for Grading. Washington. Dr. B. T. Gailoway. chief of the agricutlufal department's bureau of plant Industry, believes that to get a more scientific basis for grading cotton than the present one. If a "community type" of cotton can be raised the farmers 'of 'the South will get more money for-their prod uct said Mr. Galloway and the d e partment of agriculture la planning t j make extensive efforts to have grotii a of planters in various sections r ;;9 hexaotly the same grade of cotton. Annlston to Be Maneuver E'ta. Annlston, Ala.---Annlston wi:i ! the site for tho maneuvers oft' : tlonal Guard of nine Son-' i : this summer, according to a t received here from Congr Blackmon at Wasiliir.-'n. sage states tha ttlie v. r signed an cr ' t r"'-i r ;. ni- t f r :